Extra Unit 19 Similarity
Extra Unit 19 Similarity
Extra Unit 19 Similarity
A D
B C
F
E
2. Enlarge each of the following shapes with the scale factor stated:
Scale
Factor 4
Scale 1 Scale
Scale Factor Factor 3
2
Factor 2
A D
3 cm 4 cm
C B 12 cm
F E
18 cm
Calculate the length of :
(a) DF (b) BC
2. B
4 cm E
16 cm
C
F
D
A
9 cm 3 cm
C
E
6. A bottle has a volume of 300 ml. Calculate the volume of the bottle if it is enlarged
with scale factor:
(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 10
1. A model house is made to a scale of 1 : 800. The model has height 7 cm. The volume
of the model is 140 cm 3 .
Calculate:
(a) the height of the actual house,
(b) the volume of the actual house.
2. A map has a scale of 1 : 20 000. On the map a farm has an area of 40 cm 2 . Calculate
the actual area of the farm in:
(a) cm 2 (b) m2 (c) km 2
3. A map has a scale of 1 : 2500. The area of a garden is 8 cm 2 on the map. Calculate the
actual area of the garden in m 2 .
4. A model aeroplane is made to a scale of 1 : 40. The length of the model is 30 cm. The
surface area of one wing of the model is 200 cm 2 . The volume of the model is 1200 cm 3 .
Calculate:
(a) the length of the aeroplane,
(b) the area of a wing of the aeroplane,
(c) the volume of the aeroplane.
5. A forest has an area of 400 km 2 . Calculate the area of the forest in cm 2 on a map with a
scale of 1 : 50 000.
1. B (× 3) , D (× 2) , F ( × 4)
2.
2. 162 cm 2
3. 500 cm 2
4. 3
3. 5000 m 2
5. 1600 cm 2